Part 2: Challenging and Inspiring: Beyond Common Fall Prevention Practices
American Nurse Journal is thrilled to announce the second part of our two-part webinar series focused on enhancing nurses’ knowledge in patient fall prevention and the application of new best practices. This session will feature prominent patient safety experts Lillee Smith Gelinas, DNP, RN, CPPS, FNAP, FAAN, and Patricia A. Quigley, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN, FAANP, FARN.

Course Description: 

Approximately 32% of individuals who visit the ER due to a fall are hospitalized, while others are discharged. Are these "known fallers" at your hospital treated similarly to all patients at risk for falls? Or are clinical practices tailored to create individualized fall and injury prevention care plans based on the fall’s etiology and contributing factors? For those discharged from the ED to their prior destination, is a fall prevention care plan integrated into their post-discharge care management?

Part 2 of our Falls webinar series will continue the conversation (click here to view the online presentation) and showcase, through clinical case studies, best practices in fall and fall injury prevention that should become common practice in 2024 to reduce preventable falls:

• Protecting patients from injury
• Individualizing fall prevention measures
• Incorporating a population-based approach to injury prevention
• Mitigating and eliminating fall risk factors and protecting from injury – the true measures of success in an effective falls management program

Join us on September 26th at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time) to engage with our experts and discuss tactical and practical approaches to optimizing fall prevention in your institution.

Your Experts: 

Moderator:
Lillee Smith Gelinas, DNP, RN, CPPS, FNAP, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief, American Nurse Journal
Assistant Professor, Patient Safety Section Director
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX

Dr. Gelinas has over 30 years of experience as a nursing and healthcare executive. She currently holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor and Patient Safety Section Director at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she designed, developed, and implemented the only Patient Safety Course in the US being taught to medical students and university faculty resulting in Certification as a Patient Safety Professional. Dr. Gelinas earned an MSN from the University of Pennsylvania and her DNP in Executive Leadership from Duke University.

Presenter:
Dr. Patricia Quigley, PhD, APRN, CRRN, FAAN, FAANP, FARN
President, Patricia Quigley Nurse Consultant, LLC
Distinguished fall and injury prevention expert with more than 40 years experience.
Prolific scientific scholar published in multiple peer-reviewed journals who has impacted many areas of science.

Dr. Quigley, a Nurse Consultant, is both a Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Nurse Practitioner in Rehabilitation. Her contributions to patient safety, nursing and rehabilitation are evident at a national level – with emphasis on clinical practice innovations designed to promote elders’ independence and safety. As a Nurse Scientist, she is nationally known for her program of research in patient safety, particularly in fall prevention. The falls program research agenda continues to drive research efforts across health services and rehabilitation researchers. Dr. Quigley earned a PhD from the University of Florida and a Post Doctoral Degree in Epidemiology from the University of South Florida. Dr. Quigley is a Consultant to healthcare systems, organizations and patient safety organizations to advance patient safety programs and reengineer integration of innovation at the point of care.

Course Objectives: 

• Engage and inspire administrative, clinical, and quality leaders to adopt fall prevention best practices
• Enhance current practices utilizing expert clinical knowledge to reduce preventable falls
• Describe how to  protect vulnerable populations from injurious falls
• Identify the outcomes and clinical measures of fall program success which preserve patient function, independence, health, and quality of life

Takewaways For Attendees: 

• Utilize clinical expertise to define fall risk factors for specific clinical populations:
  • Emergency Room: At Risk vs. Known Faller
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Transient Ischemic Attack
  • Hip Fracture
• Realign patient outcomes from fall rates to the mitigation and elimination of fall risk factors for preventable falls
• Apply the nursing process to evaluate individualized patient responses to care planning
• Integrate best practices as common standards of practice

This webinar has been developed by:

and is sponsored by:

Collette Health solves patient fall worries for clinical staff. Our virtual patient observation technology supports healthcare systems and their staff with 24/7 virtual clinicians using human-centered AI software.

The complimentary webinar applies to clinical practice. No CNE is being awarded.